Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan'

Content

The file contains two folders of correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition made by the Sultan of Muscat (Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd) to the British and American Governments.

The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in each part by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence for each part.

Extent and format

1 file (113 folios)

It is grouped into

Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of a Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan'

196 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2195/1

Coll 7/27(1) 'Muscat: Purchase of arms from America for Sultan'

30 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2195/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The file consists of two parts, IOR/L/PS/12/2195/1-2, comprising one folder each.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 113; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2195

Former external reference(s)

Coll 7/27

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Apr 1933-30 Jan 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Weapons

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Foreign OfficePolitical Resident, Persian GulfMuscat RegimentAdmiraltySultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty

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Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2195, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002de> [accessed 3 May 2024]

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